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I'm sorry, but you've completely ignored the comment you're replying to to make an unsubstantiated point. Nostrademons pointed out current research that states clear demographics interested in advertising. Jakob Nielsen's research presents generalized findings that don't contradict the research Nostrademons is referring to.

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actually no I am not ignorning his point. Its just not statistically meaningful. The truth is that of the people that click on ads, they are midwestern housewives. But there are statistically not enough of them to make many services that rely on them profitable. TV and print are broadly successful at attaining users attention. The web is not - at least for display ads.

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